Occurrence of an invasive coral in the southwest Atlantic and comparison with a congener suggest potential niche expansion

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 5; no. 11; pp. 2162 - 2171
• Main Authors: Carlos‐Júnior, Lélis A., Neves, Danilo M., Barbosa, Newton P. U., Moulton, Timothy P., Creed, Joel C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2015; BlackWell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Algorithms; Archipelagoes; Biodiversity; Chlorophyll; Climate change; Congeners; Coral reefs; Coral species; Environmental conditions; Expected values; Indigenous species; Invasive species; marine invasions; Niche breadth; Original Research; Principal components analysis; species distribution modeling; Tubastraea coccinea; Tubastraea tagusensis; Brazil; Tubastraea coccinea; Tubastraea tagusensis; marine invasions; species distribution modeling; Coral species; niche breadth

Tubastraea tagusensis, a coral native to the Galapagos Archipelago, has successfully established and invaded the Brazilian coast where it modifies native tropical rocky shore and coral reef communities. In order to understand the processes underlying the establishment of T. tagusensis, we tested whe...